Personal

• Date of Birth: April 18, 1948 Chicago, IL.
• Date of Priesthood Ordination: May 24, 1975, Archdiocese of Milwaukee
• Date of Episcopal Ordination: June 29, 1998, Chicago, IL.

Education

• The Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.,
  J.C.L (Licentiate in Canon Law) - 1981
• St. Francis de Sales Major Seminary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
  M.Div. - 1975
• St. Joseph College, Rensselaer, Indiana, Bachelor of Arts degrees
  B.A. in Philosophy and B.A. in Theology; minor in Education - 1971
• Capuchin Seminary of St. Mary, Crown Point, Indiana 1967- 1971
• St. Joseph College (extension), East Chicago, Indiana (Spanish Language Studies)
• St. Lawrence Seminary (high school), Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin 1963- 1966
• George Washington Carver High School, Chicago, Illinois 1962-1963
• Our Lady of Solace, St. Raphael, St. Ambrose, Our Lady of the Gardens parochial elementary schools, Chicago, Illinois 1954-1962
  

Pastoral Assignments
Other Positions

• Episcopal Vicar for Vicariate VI of the Archdiocese of Chicago - 1998-
• Instructor, Canon Law Studies, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein Illinois - 1997-
• Instructor, Canon Law Studies, Marquette University School of Law, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1996-1998
• Pastor, All Saints Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin -1995-1998
• Instructor, Canon Law Studies, Sacred Heart School of Theology, Hales Corners, Wisconsin 1983-1998
• Chief Judicial Officer of the Tribunal for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, 1983-1995
• Tribunal Archdiocese of Milwaukee, 1976-1995
• Associate pastor, St. Nicholas Parish, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1975-1976
• Served as full time priest in Archdiocese of Milwaukee – 1975-1998
  

• Vice President of the Board, Black Catholic Congress, Baltimore - 2004-
• Chairman: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on African American Catholics -2004-
• National Chaplain for the Knights of St. Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary, New Orleans, Louisiana [hdqrts] - 2004-
• USCCB Committee on Education –2003-
• USCCB Ad Hoc Committee on Catholics’ Use of Holy Scripture - 2003-
• USCCB Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth – 2002-
• USCCB Ad Hoc Committee for a Plenary Council – 2002-
• Board Member of Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Chicago – 1999-
• Episcopal Liaison for Catechetics, Archdiocese of Chicago – 2003-
• Liaison for Liturgy and Liturgical Training Publications, Archdiocese of Chicago - 1999- Judge for the Court of Appeals, Province of Chicago - 1999-
• Board of Advisors, Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Archdiocese of Chicago - 1998-
• Member of The Canon Law Society of America, Washington D.C - 1977-